[DeTomaso] Four Days to Vegas / Two Cats Down

[Donny Williams]

Thats sounding a bit scary.... Who our you using for the work?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Courtney" <dfcex at pacbell.net>
To: <JDeRyke at aol.com>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 12:58 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Four Days to Vegas / Two Cats Down


> Things aren't looking too good for "The Beast".
> The engine shop ordered the wrong rings and didn't notice until they 
> started
> the assembly last wednesday. Then they failed to have the replacement 
> rings
> sent via express from NJ.
> Even if they show up in the morning, they will need at least the rest of 
> the
> day to complete assembly and then I'll be left with only Tuesday night to
> install and tune it.
>
> Dan
>
>
> Dan F. Courtney
>
>
> Excalibur Commercial Real Estate Services
> La Jolla, CA
>
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <JDeRyke at aol.com>
> To: <dfcex at pacbell.net>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
> Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2007 10:13 AM
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Four Days to Vegas / Two Cats Down
>
>
>> In a message dated 4/21/07 11:53:34 PM, dfcex at pacbell.net writes:
>>
>> << 1) To get rod bearing dust out of oil lines and coolers, is solvant 
>> and
>> compressed air adequate or is a more aggressive cleaning required? >>
>>
>> Physical scrubbing of lines and passages in a block with long thin 
>> tubular
>> brushes and solvent, or total replacement if you can afford it, are used
>> by
>> pro-race teams. To clean a monolithic oil cooler is nearly impossible-
>> some try
>> long sessions in a hot high-detergent ultrasonic washer- similar to what
>> your
>> opthalmologist uses on eyeglasses & contact lenses,  but even that is no
>> sure
>> thing and many oil coolers from blown motors wind up for sale cheap at
>> swap
>> meets.  Which is why I push the use of Aeroquip or Laminova take-apart 
>> oil
>> coolers. These both can be disassembled and scrubbed while cleaning the
>> welded or
>> soldered ones is always a gamble.
>>
>> <<2- the viscosity of oil you should use is more dependent on the
>> clearances
>> your builder set the engine up for. I'd go with his recommendation.
>> Thicker oi
>> l has a cushioning effect but also requires larger bearing clearances for
>> adequate oil flow and temperature control,  So its all pretty much a
>> juggling act
>> in a high rpm engine.  Good luck, Dan- J DeRyke
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